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gable window

American  

noun

  1. a window in or under a gable.


gable window British  

noun

  1. a window positioned in a gable or having a small gable over it

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of gable window

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50


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By contrast, the "big room" at Bear Creek feels like a cathedral, with its struts and open roof beams, wood-framed windows, Oriental rug and 30-foot-high gable window funneling soft streams of light.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2013

He walked down to the end of the loft and looked out the high gable window at the country below, the pieced land dead and gray, the fence, the road.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Peggy stood at the gable window and looked out at the seething night.

From Old Kaskaskia by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

From the gable window she could see something I could not.

From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

The gable window gave a view of a little harvest-hued valley through which a brook ran.

From Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

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